Miguel Angel Gutierrez

Miguel Angel Gutierrez was the Health Inspector of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia during the 1990s. In 1994, he was sent to investigate a gas leak in Yumbo that killed three children and injured hundreds, and he intended on telling the truth about the incident at a press conference, as he suspected the Cali Cartel's involvement; the cartel emptied gas canisters into the sewer so that they could refill the canisters with ether for cocaine production. However, Cali Cartel security head Jorge Salcedo threatened Gutierrez with photographs of his wife's extramarital affair; when Gutierrez refused to back down, Salcedo refused to release a tape of Gutierrez having sex with a prostitute in a strip club. Gutierrez ultimately claimed that the incident was an accidental gas leak, absolving the Cali Cartel of any responsibility for the event.